For every angry letter, online petition, or sofa rant spilled over a cancelled show, one thing is true: the reason many viewers’ favorite bits of home cinema disappear, is because they aren’t Mad Men. With recent news of network and cable’s cancellations and re-ups for next season, it comes as no surprise that Mad...
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After walking up and down the governor’s mansion all night, Texas governor Sam Houston made a decision. “Margaret, I will not do it,” he told his wife. He would not recognize the legality of the 1861 secession efforts, even knowing it would cost him the governorship. “He lived the rest of his days, in...
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We asked our readers on all social platforms what bars they’ll be hitting up for the Superbowl this Sunday. Check out their responses then start planning your own Sunday Funday! Best Superbowl bars in San Antonio We asked our readers on...
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Sarah Tressler, a former society reporter fired by Hearst’s Houston Chronicle last March when it was discovered that she was moonlighting as a stripper, is now a reporter at Hearst’s San Antonio Express-News. Do we really give a shit? Not really, Tressler is an adult woman in charge of her own body, career, and...
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If you're a clueless last-minute shopper, reading this might help.
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The auditions will take place Jan 12-13 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
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Chacho & Brance featured on this week's episode of Troubadour, TX.
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Lupe Ontiveros belongs to that honored, yet often underappreciated, vanishing breed of character actors that have populated Hollywood films since the silent era. Moviegoers have seen Ontiveros more times than they might imagine. The Mexican American actress played in so many films and TV programs that even she lost count. For many Mexican Americans,...
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Tom Wait’s band is son Casey on drums, bassist Larry Taylor (Canned Heat), guitarist David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Augie on keyboards (Texas Tornados, Sir Douglas Quintet), and guitarist Big Bill Morganfield (Muddy Waters’ son). Catch them again tonight on the Jimmy Fallon show. — Enrique Lopetegui
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